*Comment o’ the Week: Sam- YES! I'm not sure J.C. Deagan could've imagined this when he was making Xylophones in the '20's.

*Here’s a flyer touting the July Jazz Jam at Community Christian Church.

*From a press release (note change of venue from a previously published notice): Alaadeen Enterprises (AEI), the non-profit education organization founded in 1995 by the late Ahmad Alaadeen – jazz musician and educator – plans to re-launch its jazz educational initiative on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 (his 79th birthday) at the Jazz District Patio Terrace, next to the Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker Memorial, on 18th & Paseo.

Thanks for the link, Bill. The Cabaret Project and the Sheldon both seem pleased that Ms. Maye will be returning to St. Louis, and I know you've written approvingly of her work here on Plastic Sax. There's a good audience for cabaret here, but they usually come out in groups of 100 or so, mostly because that's how large the venues are. It'll be interesting to see how well the Maye/Graae bill does in filling the Sheldon's 700+ seats.